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Not to defend the author, but I think a more generous reading of this section from the blogpost:
> A brief summary is that I'm currently serving prison time for poor decisions and lifestyle choices I made in my twenties, all related to drugs.
Is that their poor decisions were related to drugs.
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From your link:
> The defendant, Preston Thorpe, appeals his conviction for possession of a controlled drug with intent to sell
He may have done other things, but his conviction was for possession with intent, and that seems to be why he's locked up. It doesn't make anything else he's done acceptable, but in America he's innocent until proven guilty, and it doesn't seem he was found guilty of assault.
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Why did you post it twice?
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#25The Changelog recently did a long form interview with this guy: https://changelog.com/news/refactored-in-prison-0X1D
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Not to defend the author, but I think a more generous reading of this section from the blogpost: > A brief summary is that I'm currently serving prison time for poor decisions and lifestyle choices I made in my twenties, all related to drugs. Is that their poor decisions were related to drugs.
The blog article that he links to has this in it:
>My name is Preston Thorpe, I'm 31 years old and I've spent just under 10 years of my life in Prison (all for non-violent drug crimes.)
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Not to defend the author, but I think a more generous reading of this section from the blogpost: > A brief summary is that I'm currently serving prison time for poor decisions and lifestyle choices I made in my twenties, all related to drugs. Is that their poor decisions were related to drugs.
In his earlier blog post that this one links, he says:
> I've spent just under 10 years of my life in Prison (all for non-violent drug crimes.)
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not to defend the author, but I think a more generous reading of this section from the blogpost: > A brief summary is that I'm currently serving prison time for poor decisions and lifestyle choices I made in my twenties, all related to drugs. Is that their poor decisions were related to drugs.
The blog article that he links to has this in it: > My name is Preston Thorpe, I'm 31 years old and I've spent just under 10 years of my life in Prison (all for non-violent drug crimes.) https://pthorpe92.dev/intro/my-story/
Seems accurate. He was convicted of drug crimes, not assault.
People are real quick to forget about innocent until proven guilty for some reason.
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#29How does the compensation work? The US prison system has a bit of a nasty reputation when it comes to exploiting prison labor, so I hope those practices aren’t carrying over into these more forward-looking types of initiative… but at the same time, surely Turso isn’t paying full SWE salary?
Just curious, why would you expect him to be paid less? I know historically pay is bad for prisoners, but if he's working the same hours and is just as productive as any other employee, shouldn't he be paid the same? I could potentially see paying someone less if they were coming in with much less experience than what's usually hired for in the role, but that doesn't seem to be the case here.
You can make the exact same argument about employers paying different rates depending on the country the employee is based in, and for all the same reasons.
Is there a good reason why a developer in Thailand or India should be paid less than their colleague who works on the same team, but is based in the US? Many companies believe so - there's a significant difference in the cost of living between those two employees, and employers believe it is fair to adjust the salary to provide a similar quality of life to both.
Equally, a person incarcerated in New York City doesn't have the same living costs as a person who has to live in New York City, so you could reasonably argue that any "Cost of living premium" that a company offers to NYC based employees doesn't need to apply to a person who doesn't experience those higher costs.
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#30How does the compensation work? The US prison system has a bit of a nasty reputation when it comes to exploiting prison labor, so I hope those practices aren’t carrying over into these more forward-looking types of initiative… but at the same time, surely Turso isn’t paying full SWE salary?
I am the Turso CEO. We pay him a full salary, just not health care benefits.